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Australia politics live: Labor accused of ‘pulling up the ladder’ over CGT as two MPs booted from question time; third b...

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRuston pushes for overhaul to controversial aged care toolOver to her portfolio, the shadow heal...

Australia politics live: Labor accused of ‘pulling up the ladder’ over CGT as two MPs booted from question time; South A...

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRuston pushes for overhaul to controversial aged care toolOver to her portfolio, the shadow heal...

Australia politics live: PM says opposition ‘pining for time which has never existed’ as he criticises Taylor’s monocult...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Roberts-Smith invitation to war memorial event ‘appropriate’, says MarlesRichard Marles says...

Australia politics live: Coalition targets Labor on ‘humiliating backdowns’ over CGT changes; Hanson says Australia shou...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMike Burgess says he’s really concerned about the level some nation-states, like Iran, could go t...

Parliament has been getting frosty as winter closes in – but Labor may make one more gamble before the break

As Labor pushes on with reforms, the Coalition must decide whether to join in the parliamentary deal-makingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking ne...

Australia politics live: Chalmers calls Coalition ‘deliberately disingenuous’ on CGT in question time; second bird tests...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHume has no problem with more debate on NDIS changes, but criticises ‘horse trading’ between Labo...

Guardian Essential poll: Labor’s housing and tax changes fail to win over voters as support for One Nation swells

Just 25% of Australians polled back the budget while the majority believe the government has fallen short of expectations over the past yearFollow our Australia news live blog for...

Australia news live: press gallery ‘strongly objects’ to One Nation threats to ban journalists

Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition says it’s good Hanson and One Nation getting the scrutiny of a party on the riseKevin Hogan, the shadow assista...

Australia politics live: second bird tests positive for H5N1 bird flu; Chalmers calls Coalition ‘deliberately disingenuo...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHume has no problem with more debate on NDIS changes, but criticises ‘horse trading’ between Labo...

Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far - podcast

The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they had previously ruled out. The Liberals...

Michelle Grattan and Melissa Clarke on the political year so far – podcast

The 2026 political year has already been surprising. Labor passed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount, which they had previously ruled out. The Liberals...

One Nation to contest WA byelection triggered by Labor MP’s resignation – as it happened

This blog is now closedChina tests long-range missile in South Pacific in move Australia condemns as ‘destabilising to region’My colleague Josh Butler has a full report into today’...

Australia news live: politicians and media gather for Canberra’s Midwinter Ball; Westpac director resigns as KPMG scanda...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says charges against EY employees who accessed PM’s bank account details ‘appropriate’It...

Liberal MP is first to be suspended from lower house in five years – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWere the teal party conversations sparked by the government’s electoral reforms?Yes and no, Allegr...

Auction clearance rates continue to hover under 50% – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBig tech not cooperating ‘as much as we’d like them to’: WattFederal cabinet minister Murray Watt,...

Auction clearance rates continue to hover under 50% – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBig tech not cooperating ‘as much as we’d like them to’: WattFederal cabinet minister Murray Watt,...

The winter break is coming, but before then Labor wants deals with the Greens on tax and the Coalition on the NDIS

One Nation pressure and poor performance in the polls mean Anthony Albanese is searching for a winFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email,...

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Pocock open to independents forming party to counter Hanson – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClimate activists say they have blocked two coal ships from entering Newcastle portClimate activ...

Albanese trashes Taylor’s Midwinter Ball speech – as it happened

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Eight weeks to shred documents’: Wells on social media law delayThe main reason for Anika Wells’...

Australia news live: Jonno Duniam says ‘I haven’t wasted a single day’ as he announces retirement from politics; Austral...

The Tasmanian Liberal senator has announced he will leave parliament before the end of the year. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podca...

Political lobbyists with unfettered access to Australia’s parliament to be publicly named

MPs who sponsor lobbyists’ entry to halls of power will also be listed online under new transparency rulesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking new...

Officials to meet Australians detained by Israel – as it happened

This blog is now closedLabor denies CGT reform will ‘kill startups’ as tech giant Canva warns of stifling innovationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe N...

Labor’s primary vote slumps after broken promise budget

The government was marked down by voters for breaking election vows not to touch tax breaks for negative gearing or capital gains, with 36 per cent saying their view of Labor had b...